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but we begin with a new decision from president obama. he's cancelling a planned one-on-one with russian president vladimir putin. the meeting was scheduled to coincide with the president's trip to the g-20 economic trip. obama vowed to keep his commitment in attending the g-20 during a sit-down with jay leno last night. that's despite his disappointment over putin's decision to grant nsa leaker edward snowden asylum. so are we headed toward a modern-day cold war between these two? >> i was disappointed because, you know, even though we don't have an extradition treaty with them, traditionally we have tried to respect if there's a lawbreaker or an alleged lawbreaker in their country. there have been times where they slipped back into cold war thinking and a cold war mentality. what i consistently say to them and what i say to president putin is that's the past. you know e we've got to think about the future. >> mean tiemt, many are expecting more revelations from snowden related to u.s. surveillance programs. administration officials say
but we begin with a new decision from president obama. he's cancelling a planned one-on-one with russian president vladimir putin. the meeting was scheduled to coincide with the president's trip to the g-20 economic trip. obama vowed to keep his commitment in attending the g-20 during a sit-down with jay leno last night. that's despite his disappointment over putin's decision to grant nsa leaker edward snowden asylum. so are we headed toward a modern-day cold war between these two? >> i...
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obama haters attack on what would turn out to be michelle obama's successful campaign against childhood obesity, i mean, he's like, you know, in no position to, you know -- if you know what i mean, and if you don't know what i mean, what i mean is rush is a morbidly obese guy. that is a clinical term. morbid obesity. that is a physician's accurate, nonjudgmental description of rush limbaugh's height and weight. morbid obesity is defined as being 50% to 100% heavier than the ideal body weight or 100 pounds above the ideal body weight and rush meets both of those definitions for morbid obesity and so if you're expecting that this is the spot where you hear the morbidly obese rush limbaugh attack the first lady for fighting childhood obesity, if you think that's what's going to happen now, that means you know exactly how rush limbaugh rolls. >> i'm sure you're aware that nutritionists at large, michelle obama, is urging, demanding, advocating, requiring what everybody can and can't eat and demanding everybody eat cardboard and tofu. no calories, no fat, no nothing. got to stop obesity. >>
obama haters attack on what would turn out to be michelle obama's successful campaign against childhood obesity, i mean, he's like, you know, in no position to, you know -- if you know what i mean, and if you don't know what i mean, what i mean is rush is a morbidly obese guy. that is a clinical term. morbid obesity. that is a physician's accurate, nonjudgmental description of rush limbaugh's height and weight. morbid obesity is defined as being 50% to 100% heavier than the ideal body weight or...
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president obama has officially canceled his one-on-one meeting with vladimir putin. the president will attend the g-20 meeting in st. petersburg in september. here is what the president said about the relationship are russia last night before this news broke. >> so there is still a lot of business that we can do with them, but there have been times where they slip back in the cold war thinking and a cold war mentality and what i consistently say to them and what i say to president putin is that's the past and, you know, we have got to think about the future. >> i want to bring in "the new york times" politics reporter jeremy peterer answer loy business mono. let me read the white house statement just came out. quote. jeremy, we had signals this was coming obviously. but as diplomatic punishments go, what is the white house hoping to accomplish with this? >> well, i think they are being very careful, right? because one thing that you are hearing with kind of increasing fervor from capitol hill the white house should go each further and not attend the st. petersburg su
president obama has officially canceled his one-on-one meeting with vladimir putin. the president will attend the g-20 meeting in st. petersburg in september. here is what the president said about the relationship are russia last night before this news broke. >> so there is still a lot of business that we can do with them, but there have been times where they slip back in the cold war thinking and a cold war mentality and what i consistently say to them and what i say to president putin...
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president obama did not speak to putin directly. we're getting a lot of reaction, including from russia, which characterizes this as a disappointment. a number of lawmakers supporting president obama's decision, but then house speaker john boehner released this statement saying, quote, the president's signature foreign policy accomplishment from the first term a reset with russia has just collapsed. that is how some on the right are reacting to this. i think it's important to point out, though, tamron, that there will be conversations that go on at the end of the week between secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel with their russian counterparts at the state department. so there are other channels of communication. but again, this is a major statement by the obama administration. >> all right, kristen welker live at the white house. thanks, kristen. >>> and the news nation is also following developing news in the trial of accused ft. hood shooter nadal hasan. court is now in recess after a defense attorney w
president obama did not speak to putin directly. we're getting a lot of reaction, including from russia, which characterizes this as a disappointment. a number of lawmakers supporting president obama's decision, but then house speaker john boehner released this statement saying, quote, the president's signature foreign policy accomplishment from the first term a reset with russia has just collapsed. that is how some on the right are reacting to this. i think it's important to point out, though,...
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burning fake obama care cards. the gop's right flank has serious issues when it comes to the affordable care act. we'll discuss all of that when "now" starts right after this. (man) that's a good look for you. (woman) that was fun. (man) yeah. (man) let me help you out with the.. (woman)...oh no, i got it. (man) you sure? (woman) just pop the trunk. (man vo) i may not know where the road will lead, but... i'm sure my subaru will get me there. (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patien
burning fake obama care cards. the gop's right flank has serious issues when it comes to the affordable care act. we'll discuss all of that when "now" starts right after this. (man) that's a good look for you. (woman) that was fun. (man) yeah. (man) let me help you out with the.. (woman)...oh no, i got it. (man) you sure? (woman) just pop the trunk. (man vo) i may not know where the road will lead, but... i'm sure my subaru will get me there. (announcer) love. it's what makes a...
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i was a little sorry to see some of the verbiage of president obama now about how the budget cuts can't go to the military and so forth. you know, that's very nice when you're speaking in front of the marin marines, but the fact of the matter is we have spent trillions of dollars on these tragic, wasted wars. the president should have said that. well, he said this is glory. unfortunately, these were horrific, mistaken wars and we spent trillions of dollars and that burdens all of us because we end paying the price for that. >> i want if i can for you to focus on u.s.-russian relations. the president has canceled his private meeting with mr. putin because of what happened in regard to edward snowden. it got to the point where jay leno is asking about the relationship. do you think this is a temporary impasse because we know that the president, when he was inaugurated, decided to reset relations with the russians. initially, there was some agreement around nuclear arms and reduction treaties, but where is that relationship now given that he's cancelled this personal meeting? >> i was sorr
i was a little sorry to see some of the verbiage of president obama now about how the budget cuts can't go to the military and so forth. you know, that's very nice when you're speaking in front of the marin marines, but the fact of the matter is we have spent trillions of dollars on these tragic, wasted wars. the president should have said that. well, he said this is glory. unfortunately, these were horrific, mistaken wars and we spent trillions of dollars and that burdens all of us because we...
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obama and putin plan to have one-on-one talks in moscow before the g-20. the white house is hinting to cancel that. he spent his first night in freedom as an official refugee. his lawyer says that he's staying in the home of an american expat family, that he's learning russian and wants to get a job to support himself. not in information technology. he's more interested in becoming a human rights activist. back to you. >> very interesting. thank you very much. we'll watch that story play out. negotiations between alex rodriguez and major league baseball are recoportedly stall. he wants to catch in on the $100 million left in his contract. he and the mlb are stalled about the kind of suspension he's willing to accept. as early as today the mlb was expected to suspend a rod and others suspected of using performance enhancing drugs from that biogenesis company. a rod will play tonight and tomorrow. it looks like monday is the new deadline. >>> here's this morning's first look at scrambled politics. apparently in texas when you stand up you better be prepared
obama and putin plan to have one-on-one talks in moscow before the g-20. the white house is hinting to cancel that. he spent his first night in freedom as an official refugee. his lawyer says that he's staying in the home of an american expat family, that he's learning russian and wants to get a job to support himself. not in information technology. he's more interested in becoming a human rights activist. back to you. >> very interesting. thank you very much. we'll watch that story play...
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we begin with president obama sitting down with jay leno. despite some joking, the president addressing a number of issues from the economy and health care to foreign
we begin with president obama sitting down with jay leno. despite some joking, the president addressing a number of issues from the economy and health care to foreign
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break obama was the twitter handle. he continued to make threat until a critical mass began tweeting twitter directly and to their head of security. within the next 24 hours after that the account was suspended but not before one important thing happened. one of my very, very law scribes out of california went online and he was able to within a matter of hours identify the person who was making the threats. and so what we found out very quickly is once that was done, this person started to scrub their online presence. they started to change their twitter handles. and sort of clean up their background. but the issue is this. digital footprints are forever. we turned it over to the dallas fbi. they are violent threats we have to take seriously. >> you are very much a ppropone of first amendment rights. where does the line get drawn. >> he invoked his first amendment rights but they don't protect violent threats. they don't give you safe haar pore for threatening to kill someone, threatening to rape someone. certainly it p
break obama was the twitter handle. he continued to make threat until a critical mass began tweeting twitter directly and to their head of security. within the next 24 hours after that the account was suspended but not before one important thing happened. one of my very, very law scribes out of california went online and he was able to within a matter of hours identify the person who was making the threats. and so what we found out very quickly is once that was done, this person started to...
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so president obama really has said assad has to go. not going unless the change the circumstances on the ground. iran discussing where they're going with their nuclear tarms weapons program. these are things that the russians have accumulated. it's important that president putin and president obama get together as soon as possible. >> the speaker's office put out a statement today saying that this proves that the so-called reset with russia has failed. >> it hasn't failed. it's a tough relationship, but i think the situation in russia is that they are sort of the rodney danger field of europe, that they can't get no respect and i think president putin says, no, we need to be respected. we may not be a super power but we're a power. the energy field is there. they intend to get respect. we've made some progress. it's a very tough relationship. it's likely to be for some years to come but it's likely that we have a modus operandi. we have to find a way to live together and make sure things don't get out of control. >> we have the terribl
so president obama really has said assad has to go. not going unless the change the circumstances on the ground. iran discussing where they're going with their nuclear tarms weapons program. these are things that the russians have accumulated. it's important that president putin and president obama get together as soon as possible. >> the speaker's office put out a statement today saying that this proves that the so-called reset with russia has failed. >> it hasn't failed. it's a...
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now they're talking about scaling that back to delay obama care for one year. i think the president is going to say, look, they're playing games with this. i just want to do simple governance where we keep the government open and try to have measures that grow the economy a little bit and create jobs. it's not that he has a bold agenda, but it's not an agenda that engages the economy by playing with the budget process. i think that's the way he'll portray it. >> all right. stay with us, josh. i want to bring in nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell from d.c. refusing a meeting with vladimir putin seems to me like a cold-war mind set. does it seem that way to you? >> that certainly is the temperature. although, foreign minister lavrov is having a briefing at the end of his talks today with john kerry and chuck hagel. he's briefing over at the russian embassy. he started out by saying it's really good they're getting together at the minister level. he seems to be trying to smooth things over a little bit. some of the the russians don't like th
now they're talking about scaling that back to delay obama care for one year. i think the president is going to say, look, they're playing games with this. i just want to do simple governance where we keep the government open and try to have measures that grow the economy a little bit and create jobs. it's not that he has a bold agenda, but it's not an agenda that engages the economy by playing with the budget process. i think that's the way he'll portray it. >> all right. stay with us,...
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obama is? on one hand has putin gained some leverage in these other issues, these other geopolitical issues by hanging on to snowden or does the u.s. have any leverage at all they could use against him? >> the u.s. hasn't had much leverage so far, and you made the right point earlier on when you said that in fact one of the biggest questions that we face right now is that we haven't had very much progress on the arms control issues, on syria, on iran with the russians. the fact that the asylum was given for only one year, on one hand tells you that the russians aren't entirely sure they want to be stuck with mr. snowden, but it also tells you that mr. putin may well want to use the renewal of the asylum as a point of negotiation or leverage going forward with president obama. perhaps to trade that off for something else he really wants, particularly in the area of missile defense. whether or not president obama will deal on mr. snowden's fate is not clear. you'll remember that early on in this
obama is? on one hand has putin gained some leverage in these other issues, these other geopolitical issues by hanging on to snowden or does the u.s. have any leverage at all they could use against him? >> the u.s. hasn't had much leverage so far, and you made the right point earlier on when you said that in fact one of the biggest questions that we face right now is that we haven't had very much progress on the arms control issues, on syria, on iran with the russians. the fact that the...
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first of all on obama care. taking advice from romney is like taking advice from the captain of the "titanic" nautical advice from that captain. romney care was the precursor for -- the second thing where romney is wrong with the republicans are talking about is not shutting down the government. what they're talking about is defunding obama care. while still having the funding for everything else in place. we can argue whether that's a good idea or not, but what romney is throwing out there i think is wrong. >> wait a minute, let's get the truth out. they're saying if any continuing resolution to keep the government open includes any money for obama care, to implement a law, they will shut down the government. they will vote not to continue the government. that's what they're saying. >> that's not what cruz's office said today. what they put out is they believe there should be funding in place for all of the important things, but this is a defunding of obama care. >> that's the law of the land. how do you pass a
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all that is ahead. >>> tonight we begin with president obama's news conference in which we took on obama care and the threat by some republicans to try to shut down the government over it when they have no alternative plan. we'll get to that soon. but one area where president obama was really engaged today was the issue of surveillance and the national debate that has arisen, particularly since edward snowden leaked classified information. the president today describing four steps he would take to make the nsa both more transparent and more accountability including working with congress to tighten the patriot act, making sure someone represents civil liberties concerns before the powerful and secretive surveillance courts. making public the legal rationale for the government's collection activities and other steps to be more transparent about the government's surveillance program. and forming a group of outside experts to review the government's intelligence and communication technologies. the president went on to describe the questions over the balance between national security and indi
all that is ahead. >>> tonight we begin with president obama's news conference in which we took on obama care and the threat by some republicans to try to shut down the government over it when they have no alternative plan. we'll get to that soon. but one area where president obama was really engaged today was the issue of surveillance and the national debate that has arisen, particularly since edward snowden leaked classified information. the president today describing four steps he...
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president obama is in denial. >> we've had lots of votes about obama care, none of which had any chance of passing. >> we're not going to give him -- >> we don't have the votes in the senate or in the house. >> we need people with vote -- with tattoos, people without tattoos. >> why is president obama threatening to shut down the government in order to force obama care down the american people's throats. >> i'm not the least bit concerned about what some might describe as perception. >> the house is clearly where things go to die. >> i'm sure the august resist will have our members in in a better mood when they come back. ♪ we're on a mission ♪ come on and ride on the fantastic ride ♪ >>> may i
president obama is in denial. >> we've had lots of votes about obama care, none of which had any chance of passing. >> we're not going to give him -- >> we don't have the votes in the senate or in the house. >> we need people with vote -- with tattoos, people without tattoos. >> why is president obama threatening to shut down the government in order to force obama care down the american people's throats. >> i'm not the least bit concerned about what some...
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obama doesn't have a butt. compared to his wife, he really doesn't have a butt. >> i mean, this is just personal and so disrespectful to the first lady of the land. to attack her in these personal kind of vitriolic statements. >> certainly, rev lend al. i'm a former marine, but i would not challenge her to a foot race. she's in great shape. asserting the charge that this first lady would be overweight or that she may be out of shape or she has no basis for talking about nutrition when certainly she does and we know she does. i know you've seen her in person. she has a fphysique i can't put myself against. at the end of the day, this is not necessarily about michelle obama. this is about obama derangement syndrome in general. that anything that this first couple does will come with this unwarranted scrutiny. the idea that this first lady can't take vacations when every first lady before has taken vacations with the same security detail, with the same flight arrangements -- >> taken more vacations in some cases.
obama doesn't have a butt. compared to his wife, he really doesn't have a butt. >> i mean, this is just personal and so disrespectful to the first lady of the land. to attack her in these personal kind of vitriolic statements. >> certainly, rev lend al. i'm a former marine, but i would not challenge her to a foot race. she's in great shape. asserting the charge that this first lady would be overweight or that she may be out of shape or she has no basis for talking about nutrition...
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president obama orders changes to u.s. surveillance programs and faces tough questions about the nsa leaker. >> i don't think mr. snowden was a patriot. >> the debate over the future of u.s. spying programs. mike mccaul, the head of the house homeland security committee. analysis from ted koppel of nbc news and "the washington post's" barton gellman. then presidential orders. strong words from the commander in chief this week about stamping out sexual assault in the military. the pentagon is preparing new rules, but there is an agreement on how to end the crisis. i go one-on-one with one of the lawmakers pushing for change, missouri senator claire mccaskill. >>> the immigration debate. a critical time for reform as members of congress head back to their districts to prepare for the fall fight. what are the prospects for passage? talk to both sides including the congressmen leading the fight against reform. >>> end of an era. the venerable "the washington post" is sold to amazon's jeff bez bezos. was what does it say about
president obama orders changes to u.s. surveillance programs and faces tough questions about the nsa leaker. >> i don't think mr. snowden was a patriot. >> the debate over the future of u.s. spying programs. mike mccaul, the head of the house homeland security committee. analysis from ted koppel of nbc news and "the washington post's" barton gellman. then presidential orders. strong words from the commander in chief this week about stamping out sexual assault in the...
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. >>> if you look at president obama's schedule any day of the week or month or year, this is usually the first thing you see on that schedule. the president and vice president received the presidential daily briefing. the first thing in the morning, it happens day after day after day after day. it's very consistent. this is pretty much how every day starts for the president of the united states and usually the vice president, too. the presidential daily briefing, the pdb. it's the daily document that contains all the things the intelligence community thinks the president needs to know for that specific day. the pdb or some version of it has been around for more than 50 years. for most of those five decades it was delivered to the president by the head of the cia and then ultimately to the position that was created to be above the head of the cia which is the director of national intelligence. the pdb is a big deal as these things go. it is also classified. you are not the president unless you are watching, mr. president, in which case this doesn't apply to you. aside from that, you a
. >>> if you look at president obama's schedule any day of the week or month or year, this is usually the first thing you see on that schedule. the president and vice president received the presidential daily briefing. the first thing in the morning, it happens day after day after day after day. it's very consistent. this is pretty much how every day starts for the president of the united states and usually the vice president, too. the presidential daily briefing, the pdb. it's the...
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kerry also said that he believes president obama has a real time line for ending the striem. remarks the state department walked back. u.s. drone strikes killed 8 suspected militants in pakistan. >>> we know it's been a while since we've seen edward snowden. we've gotten a picture of edward snowden. he's a legal resident of russia. he's been granted temporary asylum by moscow. that will allow him to remain in that country for at least a year. yesterday snowden was seen leaving the moscow airport where he was stranded for more than a month. the website wikileaks says he remains with legal advisor sarah harrison and is currently in a secure, confidential location. the u.s. is demanding that snowden be returned home for leaking classified documents although now that seems highly unlikely. >> mr. snowden is not a whistle-blower, he is accused of leaking classified information. this move by the russian government long-standing record of law enforcement cooperation, cooperation that has recently been on the upswing since the boston marathon bombing. we see this as an unfortunate de
kerry also said that he believes president obama has a real time line for ending the striem. remarks the state department walked back. u.s. drone strikes killed 8 suspected militants in pakistan. >>> we know it's been a while since we've seen edward snowden. we've gotten a picture of edward snowden. he's a legal resident of russia. he's been granted temporary asylum by moscow. that will allow him to remain in that country for at least a year. yesterday snowden was seen leaving the...
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. >> kate snow, we'll be looking for all of your reports throughout the day and meanwhile president obama is finding himself in an international bind. he is re-evaluating says jay carney the bilateral summit with vladimir putin next month in russia now that putin has given tra temporary asylum to edward snowden. let's go to jim maceda standing by in moscow. jim, this is, of course, after six weeks and four days, edward snowden today released from the airport where he was held in limbo. he is now free for at least a year in russia but the white house says that this is now really putting in play the u.s./russian cooperation and the whole relationship. >> reporter: that's right, andrea. how many more amazing twists are we going to see in this snowden saga. all of us were expecting this to take months. he was going to sit back and settle into his thick russian novels but then his lawyer confirmed that russia had issued temporary asylum here. we've seen now those images of that not piece of paper, it is a real refugee passport, something that anyone would expect a passport -- july 31st, valid
. >> kate snow, we'll be looking for all of your reports throughout the day and meanwhile president obama is finding himself in an international bind. he is re-evaluating says jay carney the bilateral summit with vladimir putin next month in russia now that putin has given tra temporary asylum to edward snowden. let's go to jim maceda standing by in moscow. jim, this is, of course, after six weeks and four days, edward snowden today released from the airport where he was held in limbo. he...
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we begin with president obama sitting down with jay leno. despite some joking, the president addressing a number of issues from the economy and health care to foreign policy and even touched on the nsa's controversial intelligence gathering. >> a lot of these programs were put in place before i came in. i had some skepticism. i think there's -- we should have a healthy skepticism about what government is doing. we don't have a domestic spying program. what we do have are some mechanisms where we can track a phone number or an e-mail address that we know is connected to some sort of terrorist threat. none of the revelations shows the government abused these powers. now, you know, part of it is he's not accustomed to -- >> president obama also addressed washington's relationship with moscow saying he believes the two countries with work together even though russia slips into what he calls a cold war mentality. meanwhile, deadline reports the president attended a private dinner with some supporters in hollywood after "the tonight show" appearan
we begin with president obama sitting down with jay leno. despite some joking, the president addressing a number of issues from the economy and health care to foreign policy and even touched on the nsa's controversial intelligence gathering. >> a lot of these programs were put in place before i came in. i had some skepticism. i think there's -- we should have a healthy skepticism about what government is doing. we don't have a domestic spying program. what we do have are some mechanisms...
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trevor tim asked, does president barack obama think we are stupid? the fact is he's had years to initiate a debate and instead stifled it. one thing everyone can agree on, both the debate and the debate about the debate will tonight. matt, what did you make of the president's announcement on friday and his intentions here? >> i'm all for a mend it, don't end it approach. i have been in the camp that assumed this stuff is going on. i'm more troubled by google and facebook having all our information. it's voluntary. we have known what they are doing since 2005 and 2006. there's not been the same stink over it. i don't view snowden as a hero. he's a criminal, but sparked a debate that is arguably overdue. when obama comes out, the idea that he is doing this in anything other than response to the debate snowden created puts the president in a weak position and gives enormous credit to snowden. there's something in the timing of this that if obama wanted to have this debate or propose the reforms, doing it in the wake of snowden's thing is the political f
trevor tim asked, does president barack obama think we are stupid? the fact is he's had years to initiate a debate and instead stifled it. one thing everyone can agree on, both the debate and the debate about the debate will tonight. matt, what did you make of the president's announcement on friday and his intentions here? >> i'm all for a mend it, don't end it approach. i have been in the camp that assumed this stuff is going on. i'm more troubled by google and facebook having all our...
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>> president obama has more to lose. this continuing general perception that he's weak on foreign policy. that was a real opportunity there to work with the russians to get snowden back. putin, if he wasn't backed into a corner by a lack of american correct foreign policy -- >> really? that's -- >> henry kissinger would have been involved, or someone of that stature. somebody who understands foreign policy. this could have all been avoided. the russians are not acting with them, no question about it. president obama did the right thing by not going to the summit. the question is, what's the next step. specifically what's the next step on syria. >> perry, president obama spending a lot of time in the last few days, friday's news conference devoted to defending the nsa surveillance program. friday he admitted that the program is under review. but again, depending on who you talk to, that's about all he admitted. how did the president's comments -- how did they change the debate over the nsa program? or did they change the
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president obama pick john kuskanine to lead the irs. the president called him an expertÑa>> the senate got a little rowdy last night. listen to how harry reid quieted them down. >> have them sit down and shut up. it's just not polite. >> remember jimmy mcmilan? he ran for mayor of new york and ran for president. now he is making an endorsement in the new york city's mayor's race. he tweeted jimmy mcmilan officially endorses anthony weiner in the democratic primary and sent a picture of them side-by-side, of course. >>> movie buffs will especially joy my must read today from "the daily beast." ten years later, the article piles on to the prevailing opinion bremember the ben afflek movie? the movie equivalent of all the hindenburg disaster. i don't know. maybe it was expectations. everyone said it was so horrible. i had to go see it. i didn't think it was the worst movie ever made. it wasn't like "jaws" 3d or, i
president obama pick john kuskanine to lead the irs. the president called him an expertÑa>> the senate got a little rowdy last night. listen to how harry reid quieted them down. >> have them sit down and shut up. it's just not polite. >> remember jimmy mcmilan? he ran for mayor of new york and ran for president. now he is making an endorsement in the new york city's mayor's race. he tweeted jimmy mcmilan officially endorses anthony weiner in the democratic primary and sent a...
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i'm all for, you know, defunding obama care. i think it's a monstrosity. >> even though it's the law of the land? >> even though its law of the land. this is the point, chris. >> what do you want to replace it with? >> well, republicans want to defund the department of education. this is the biggest point. it hasn't happened. that's the reality. you have to deal with reality. you may want to defund a lot of things, but you've got to deal with the reality of doing it. and actually what happens when you do it if you do it. that's the piece that is still missing here. what are you going to replace obama care with? how are you going to lay out to the american people a health care -- >> so you don't believe that defunding or destroying obama care represents an economic program? >> pardon me? >> i want doesn't represent a positive program? >> no, it's not a positive program. >> steve? >> michael just talked about what the mind-set. and i think that presumes that there is a mind at work here. these guys don't care what happens to the g
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an obama third term or bill clinton third term? >> first of all, i don't want to be disrespectful to the current president we already have, but i do think that barack obama has been a successful president. i think hillary clinton could be a potentially successful president. the same thing with joe biden. i think it's too early to determine whether either of them will run, although obviously the assumption is both of them will. regardless of what maureen dowd says, this is a race about each individual preserving their own record and their own legacy. i think it's about a clinton third term or obama third term. it's about that person running on that person's record. what susan is dealing with and what i'm dealing with in the democratic party is that the republican party it seems to me has lost its sense of seriousness with ted cruz and marco rubio to a certain extent each and rand paul who between them have, what? five years of experience in national government? the one candidate who is serious in the republican side, chris christie
an obama third term or bill clinton third term? >> first of all, i don't want to be disrespectful to the current president we already have, but i do think that barack obama has been a successful president. i think hillary clinton could be a potentially successful president. the same thing with joe biden. i think it's too early to determine whether either of them will run, although obviously the assumption is both of them will. regardless of what maureen dowd says, this is a race about...
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now or never. >> will you vote to defund obama care? i want a yes or no. >> no. >> they want to get as many americans hood to the sugar. >> the other day you're not wanting to kill the hostage. that's okay, kill it. >> cooler heads prevail over time. >> there are more effective ways of achieving that goal. >> one thing i've tried to do is not overreact. ♪ >>> the bell has rung, and congress is out for summer. members fanning out to their districts to hear the heated opinions of constituents at town hall meetings, and with less than eight weeks to go before the official launch of new health care marketplaces until the afford kabul care ac, backers of the law are out in force encouraging people to sign up. then, of course, there are the law's opponents. you remember these guys. >> who do you want to die so that we're on the par with the english system? >> if this thing goes into effect beginning october 1st with the exchanges and mandates kicking in, it will do irreparable damage to our economy and our country. >> the house of represent
now or never. >> will you vote to defund obama care? i want a yes or no. >> no. >> they want to get as many americans hood to the sugar. >> the other day you're not wanting to kill the hostage. that's okay, kill it. >> cooler heads prevail over time. >> there are more effective ways of achieving that goal. >> one thing i've tried to do is not overreact. ♪ >>> the bell has rung, and congress is out for summer. members fanning out to their...
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. >>> moving on, president obama george w. bush is recovering in a dallas hospital after a health scare. the former president had a stint surgically placed this morning to clear a blocked artery in his heart. the blockage was discovered yesterday during the 67-year-old's annual physical. a statement released by his office says, president bush is in high spirit, eager to return home tomorrow and resume his normal schedule on thursday. joining me now, nbc news chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman. nancy, this sounds like good news from the president's office. you know, when we see him as a physical guy, always out, always jogging, you know, 67-year-old, but by all appearances over the years in great health, how does something like this happen? >> well, it happens, tamron, because we always pay the piper for how we've lived our lives formerly. something was found on his routine physical, whether it was an ekg change or whether he had some pain or discomfort in his jaw or his chest. something made the doctors realize he had a
. >>> moving on, president obama george w. bush is recovering in a dallas hospital after a health scare. the former president had a stint surgically placed this morning to clear a blocked artery in his heart. the blockage was discovered yesterday during the 67-year-old's annual physical. a statement released by his office says, president bush is in high spirit, eager to return home tomorrow and resume his normal schedule on thursday. joining me now, nbc news chief medical editor dr....
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and they're all talking about defunding obama care. defunding obama care. defunding obama care. now, rand paul, who is a true tea party guy, has endorsed mitch mcconnell, but don't forget it was rand paul who originally ran against mitch mcconnell's handpicked guy in the last senate election in kentucky. now, rand paul can protect mitch some, but he can't necessarily protect him all the way. especially because mitch mcconnell has yet to sign on to this drive to bar all funding for obama care. that's a litmus test for the tea party people. >> that's a fascinating dynamic that's going to play out. everyone i've read on the right, people who i respect as sharp analytical thinkers who are still ideologues say this is madness, this won't work, don't do it. everyone seems to agree with that except for cruz, lee and paul. you're right it's going to be really interesting because paul can provide a little cover. how much cover and when paul turns the screws on something that's an issue, that is the big question to watch as we go forward. howard fineman of the "huffington post." thanks so
and they're all talking about defunding obama care. defunding obama care. defunding obama care. now, rand paul, who is a true tea party guy, has endorsed mitch mcconnell, but don't forget it was rand paul who originally ran against mitch mcconnell's handpicked guy in the last senate election in kentucky. now, rand paul can protect mitch some, but he can't necessarily protect him all the way. especially because mitch mcconnell has yet to sign on to this drive to bar all funding for obama care....
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to sign a bill that repeals obama care. truly, our last option is to stop paying for this thing. >> if republicans force us to the brink of another government shutdown for ideological reasons, the economy will suffer. >> joining me now, nbc deputy political editor domenico montana montanaro. so school is out for summer, so to speak, in the town we're so desperately trying to understand these days. a lot of people not happy to see congress leave with so much work undone. >> yeah, i mean, they leave a lot on the table. you have to think about the mess that we come back to in the fall. you just see what's going to happen five weeks from now. they come back september 9th. you're talking about dealing with the budget, the threat of a government shutdown as the country is set to hit its debt limit on september 30th. no budget in place, so they'd have to come up with a continuing resolution again with still no budget passed over the last four years. immigration, of course, and the sticking point there is path to citizenship. any t
to sign a bill that repeals obama care. truly, our last option is to stop paying for this thing. >> if republicans force us to the brink of another government shutdown for ideological reasons, the economy will suffer. >> joining me now, nbc deputy political editor domenico montana montanaro. so school is out for summer, so to speak, in the town we're so desperately trying to understand these days. a lot of people not happy to see congress leave with so much work undone. >>...
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president obama and dmitry medvedev were buddies. they conducted joint antiterrorism missions and released joint statements on iran's nuclear program and signed a new agreement to cut back on long-range nuclear weapons. the state department even made a literal reset button to present to the russian foreign minister. remember that? now, of course, the minister had to tell then secretary of state hillary clinton that her staff had mistranslated "reset," instead using the russian word for "overcharge." but still, still, still, look how friendly it all seemed. things have been downhill ever since the march 2012, when putin stepped back into the russian presidency. the relationship between the obama white house and the putin kremlin have been tense, to say the least. president obama made that clear in his press conference yesterday. >> our decision to not participate in the summit was not simply around mr. snowden. it had to do with the fact that, frankly, on a whole range of issues where we think we can make some progress, russia has not
president obama and dmitry medvedev were buddies. they conducted joint antiterrorism missions and released joint statements on iran's nuclear program and signed a new agreement to cut back on long-range nuclear weapons. the state department even made a literal reset button to present to the russian foreign minister. remember that? now, of course, the minister had to tell then secretary of state hillary clinton that her staff had mistranslated "reset," instead using the russian word...
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barack obama won women by over 10% in both his elections. it's been a problem since 1980 for the gop. you know, couple that with this current republican obsession with cracking down on abortion. you could see a lot of women saying, i'm done with this party, i want to move over, i want to try something different. you could also see women saying, hey, i'm going to punish the party for their stance on gun control or on gun safety. i think there's a lot of reasons why you could see some women wanting to move over from the republican side to vote for hillary when nobody else is pulling people from the other side. one more thing. krystal, we've been talking about chris christie a lot. when abby talks about her father suffering for john working with obama, do you think that republicans are going to want to punish -- some are going to want to punish chris christie for chumming up with obama during sandy? i think that might be a bit of a pain to him in some primaries. >> he'll just yell at some union teachers and it'll be all good again. >> you know,
barack obama won women by over 10% in both his elections. it's been a problem since 1980 for the gop. you know, couple that with this current republican obsession with cracking down on abortion. you could see a lot of women saying, i'm done with this party, i want to move over, i want to try something different. you could also see women saying, hey, i'm going to punish the party for their stance on gun control or on gun safety. i think there's a lot of reasons why you could see some women...
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>> i think that jay carney knows that obama, the presidential candidate running in 2008 may very well have been a supporter of snowden telling the truth about a national state of security out of control. and now president obama sitting in the oval office has a different set of ideas of protecting secrets. but the bottom line is, the white house and obama have been too slow on delivering really on the government and the transparency that they have talked about. you know, you have dick durbin saying to president obama saying that the fica court was rigged and was completely a blank check for the establishment. when you have dick durbin making that kind of comment means the white house is in fragile territory. >> steve clemens, thank you for joining us tonight. >>> thank you. >>> coming up, sister simone is in the rewrite tonight teaching the republicans and paul ryan's budget committee a very important lesson. >>> and later today is the first day of same-sex marriage being legal in minnesota, in rhode island. the rhode island legislator, one of them pushing for it to be legal, will join
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president obama orders changes to u.s. surveillance programs and faces tough questions about the nsa leaker. >> i don't think mr. snowden was a patriot. >> the debate over the future of u.s. spying programs. mike mccaul, the head of the house homeland security committee. analysis from ted koppel of nbc news and "the washington post's" barton gellman. then presidential orders. strong words from the commander in chief this week about stamping out sexual assault in the military. the pentagon is preparing new rules, but there is an agreement on how to end the crisis. i go one-on-one with one of the lawmakers pushing for change, missouri senatorir
president obama orders changes to u.s. surveillance programs and faces tough questions about the nsa leaker. >> i don't think mr. snowden was a patriot. >> the debate over the future of u.s. spying programs. mike mccaul, the head of the house homeland security committee. analysis from ted koppel of nbc news and "the washington post's" barton gellman. then presidential orders. strong words from the commander in chief this week about stamping out sexual assault in the...
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meanwhile wikileaks issued a statement over the past eight weeks we have seen the obama administration show no respect for international or domestic law but in the end the law is winning. in the past hour white house press secretary jay carney said, quote, we are evaluating the utility of a planned summit in russia. >> we are extremely disappointed that the russian government would take this step despite our very clear and lawful requests in public and in private to have mr. snowden expelled to the united states to face the charges against him. mr. snowden is not a whistle-blower, he is accused of leaking classified information and has been charged with three felony counts and he should be returned to the united states as soon as possible where he will be accorded full due process and protections. >>> earlier republican senator lindsey graham said, quote, americans in washington -- we're going to take you now to cleveland, ohio, where we're hearing an update now following the sentencing of ariel castro. >> you heard from them and their representatives. we will always be inspired. the l
meanwhile wikileaks issued a statement over the past eight weeks we have seen the obama administration show no respect for international or domestic law but in the end the law is winning. in the past hour white house press secretary jay carney said, quote, we are evaluating the utility of a planned summit in russia. >> we are extremely disappointed that the russian government would take this step despite our very clear and lawful requests in public and in private to have mr. snowden...
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what are you going to replace obama care with? how will you lay out to the american people -- >> so you don't believe that defunding or destroying obama care represents an economic -- >> it's not a positive program. >> steve? >> michael just talked about what the mind-set is. i think that presumes there's a mind. these guys don't care what happens to the government. they don't care if we default on they don't care in wall street collapses. >> why don't they care? >> what's their motive? >> for most it's i want a constituency to enable me to run the president. >> i think they're ideologues. >> they're true ideologues, but they also want to run for president. >> but you're creating something now you will inherit as president that will be far worse. >> here's a new poll, pugh research, not a right-wing organization, asked republicans if they thought their gop leadership moved more to the right or became more rod rat. 54% said go to the right. so can you overestimate the urge of the republican rank-and-file to just jack it over to the
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president obama has issued a stern rebuke to egypt's leaders. nbc is in cairo with the very latest. >> we are about an hour away from friday prayers. it's been a tense morning in cairo and across the country with sporadic clashes and continued fatalities. the death toll we cannot confirm 100%. we're getting conflicting accounts not just from the government forces but also from the muslim brotherhood. some military activity, as well despite the end of the curfew. we saw several thanks take up position to block off access road to tahrir square. they've announced this formally through state division that no pedestrians or cars will be allowed in the vicinity and setting up barbed wire, as well. what some of the local papers are running, this is the government owned newspaper citing again the cabinet saying a criminal plot to undermine state institutions and showing a picture of firemen trying to put out an inferno at one of the government buildings. on the right, an interesting column they're writing that the war will be more won with the foreign w
president obama has issued a stern rebuke to egypt's leaders. nbc is in cairo with the very latest. >> we are about an hour away from friday prayers. it's been a tense morning in cairo and across the country with sporadic clashes and continued fatalities. the death toll we cannot confirm 100%. we're getting conflicting accounts not just from the government forces but also from the muslim brotherhood. some military activity, as well despite the end of the curfew. we saw several thanks take...
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obama are aboard air force one. they are on their way to martha's vineyard where they will vacation for the next week. the president made one final stop in orlando this afternoon to speak at the disabled veterans national convention. >> at every generation there are americans like you who stand beside her and guide her and protect her. we need to make sure we've got the resources, the budget s our veterans deserve. >> the orlando event comes on the heels of yesterday's wide-ranging news conference at the white house. the president unveiled the series of proposals aimed at restoring public confidence in the government's secret surveillance programs. plan that the president said was in the works before edward snowden leaked secret nsa documents to the press. >> there's no doubt that mr. snowden's leaks triggered a much more rapid and passionate response. i actually think we would have gotten to the same place and we would have done so without putting at risk our national security. >> nbc's kristen welker is live at ma
obama are aboard air force one. they are on their way to martha's vineyard where they will vacation for the next week. the president made one final stop in orlando this afternoon to speak at the disabled veterans national convention. >> at every generation there are americans like you who stand beside her and guide her and protect her. we need to make sure we've got the resources, the budget s our veterans deserve. >> the orlando event comes on the heels of yesterday's wide-ranging...
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president obama did not reach out to president putin directly. we're already getting some reaction from the hill. democrats largely supportive of this move. republicans a bit divided. you have u.s. representative ed royce who's the chairman who said this should help show this is unacceptable. this representative for john boehner says quote the president's signature foreign policy accomplishment has just collapsed. that's the reaction that is coming in. alex, it's important to point out that secretary of state john carry, defense secretary chuck hagel will be meeting with their counterparts, the russian counterparts at the state department on friday. so while this is a setback and really a diplomatic rebuke, there are still some channels of communication moving forward particularly on the issues of afghanistan and iran. >> issues where we certainly need bilateral cooperation. thanks. >> katrina, there are so many questions. i ask you given your experience and your deep knowledge on russian affairs, "the new york times" says that mr. obama's decisi
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then when they threw him out, obama switched course again. the vacillation, all sides in egypt hate the united states which they're convinced backed their enemy. certainly the fact that we have called and not called this coup, it makes an already complex situation that much more complex. what does the president do? >> objectively speaking, this is about the least desirable outcome you could possibly have crafted if you were starting from the beginning. so, you know, they can't say that they have handled this well. there is plenty of blame to go around. the president needs to come out and pick a side. say something firm. what's going on here? what is the -- what is the end game here? the army seems to be behaving with impunity. >> yes. >> as they've said. there could be hundreds of people that have been killed here. josh hirsch reporting from over there was saying this morning after the police started clearing out the protests, then more protesters came from the other direction so the police were shooting in both directions. and there were tho
then when they threw him out, obama switched course again. the vacillation, all sides in egypt hate the united states which they're convinced backed their enemy. certainly the fact that we have called and not called this coup, it makes an already complex situation that much more complex. what does the president do? >> objectively speaking, this is about the least desirable outcome you could possibly have crafted if you were starting from the beginning. so, you know, they can't say that...
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for obama, on martha's vineyard. and i think we all hope the issues become solved and the embassy reopens. 22 countries remain closed. john kerry add problem when he was photographed on a boat during a huge security issue. i think it'll be problem again for obama to be photographed on martha's vineyard if something happened. if i were him, i would reconsider going on vacation if u.s. cons lates remain closed. >> let's turn to baseball. nbc news learned major league baseball is expected to suspend yankees star alex rodriguez on monday now with his ties to the drug defunk et? florida. rodriguez should challenge the credibility of the evidence. if major league baseball has evidence, force them to show up. we are seeing one of the biggest stars facing a career-ending suspension. >> we have been talking politics so i will give it to you in termsopticses. major league baseball, showing they are really cracking down. that's the issue he is facing. >> and i will put same question to the two of you. we are facing the end of t
for obama, on martha's vineyard. and i think we all hope the issues become solved and the embassy reopens. 22 countries remain closed. john kerry add problem when he was photographed on a boat during a huge security issue. i think it'll be problem again for obama to be photographed on martha's vineyard if something happened. if i were him, i would reconsider going on vacation if u.s. cons lates remain closed. >> let's turn to baseball. nbc news learned major league baseball is expected to...